Protests against inflation turned violent on Friday as police cracked down on demonstrators in the capital, Muzaffarabad. The city was brought to a standstill as a wheel-jam and shutter-down strike paralyzed normal activities.
Writer and political activist Shabir Chaudhry from Pakistan-Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) and Sardar Nasir Aziz Khan, the spokesperson for the United Kashmir People's National Party (UKPNP), discussed the current situation in PoJK amid the protests organised by the Joint Awami Action Com
Protests and long marches are being witnessed across several areas of Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) on Friday as defence personnel demanded by the administration of PoJK are trying to suppress the protest invoked by the Joint Awami Action Committee on May 11.
It announced the decision after the police reportedly detained as many as 70 activists in a bid to prevent a 'long march' announced by the Jammu Kashmir Joint Awami Action Committee to call on the government to comply with an agreement reached between the two in February.
Political and human rights organizations have invoked a long march and called for a sit-in on May 11 to raise the issues faced by the PoK locals in Muzaffarabad, Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK).
Under the chairmanship of Chief Election Commissioner Iftikhar Hussain, ANP's general council meeting took place in the party's Bacha Khan Centre in Peshawar wherein Aimal was elected as the president.
A judicial magistrate in Quetta on Saturday suspended an arrest warrant issued against Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) leader Mahmood Khan Achakzai at the Gawalmandi police station, Dawn reported.
It appears that despite overtures from the ruling clique, the parliamentary opposition remains dissatisfied and is now poised to take to the streets post-Eid-ul-Fitr.
Over the past two months, Meer and fellow demonstrators have been advocating for more affordable flour and electricity, recognising their critical importance amidst current inflationary pressures.
he Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has announced plans to organize a major public rally in Balochistan on April 13, in collaboration with a newly formed "grand alliance of opposition parties."
In his remarks, he mentioned that "whenever they feel that their political motives are about to get fulfilled, and they are about to reach the helm of power, they start showing concerns. But we will show them through our protests of May 11."